UAE-Israel Peace Is Revealing the Middle East’s Faultlines

Sep 26, 2020
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Sarah Feuer

Dr. Sarah Feuer, an expert on politics and religion in North Africa, was the Rosenbloom Family Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy's Geduld Program on Arab Politics.

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Much of the commentary surrounding the deal has focused on what it portends for the Palestinian issue and other Israeli relationships, but it may say just as much about the four rival factions that have crystallized in the region since 2011.

Beyond its proximate triggers, the normalization of ties between Israel and two Gulf states reflects a broader struggle between competing regional camps over the contours of a regional order. While the roots of that struggle date back several decades, developments unleashed by the uprisings of 2011 sharpened divisions between these camps, as the regional order itself was severely shaken by the events of that year and their aftermath. The first camp comprises Iran and its mostly Shiite allies (and proxies) across the region...

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